Alien Covenant: Everything you need to know about Prometheus 2, including release date, cast and spoilers

It’s official. After initially distancing Prometheus from the Alien franchise, Ridley Scott has embraced his prequel and given it a sequel entitled Alien: Covenant which may just bring the gap leading to his original Alien franchise.

Details might be scarce at the moment, but consider this your one-stop shop (which will be updated as new info arrives) for cast, plot rumours and potential spoilers on the new Alien movie.

Alien: Covenant director: Ridley Scott is back in the director’s chair

Despite arriving to a mixed reception from critics in 2012, Prometheus banked a hefty $400 million at the worldwide box office to all but guarantee a sequel.

Scott, who kick-started the Alien franchise way back in 1979, is directing Alien: Covenant following 2015’s The Martian. Prometheus marked Scott’s first sci-fi since 1983’s Blade Runner – now he can’t get enough of the genre.

“I thought I’d left science fiction for too long, that I had better climb back in.Prometheus was a great experience for me,” he told Empire. “Chasing number two, we can start evolving the grand idea.”

Alien: Covenant cast: Michael Fassbender is back, so is Noomi Rapace (probably), and there’s a whole new crew.